Published on in Vol 6, No 1 (2014):

Development and Piloting of National Injury Surveillance System of Sri Lanka

Development and Piloting of National Injury Surveillance System of Sri Lanka

Development and Piloting of National Injury Surveillance System of Sri Lanka

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Lack of injury data is a major drawback in injury prevention in Sri Lanka. We designed, developed and piloted a web-based Injury Surveillance System (ISS) for Sri Lanka. Previously, Sri Lanka had an ISS comprised a paper-based data collection tool and its corresponding software application; that system had several deficiencies and was nonfunctioning. We Identified and addressed those deficiencies and developed a new web-based ISS. The pilot test showed that the new ISS is a feasible and sustainable mean of injury surveillance in Sri Lanka. Settings with limited informatics resources can learn from our approach to develop the new ISS.